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Letters to the Editor for Jan. 7, 2013

By Baker City Herald readers January 07, 2013 12:39 pm

Americans are giving away their freedoms

I am a lifetime Oregonian of 82 years and I am witnessing our constitutional republic die. No more is our country made up of proud men and women who believe in freedom to choose and live as enterprising individuals. A new country is merging, run by “secular progressives” who have rejected our Constitution. Our Supreme Court will be forever altered after the last conservative members have been replaced by liberal academics who call themselves progressives. The rule of law will and is now being replaced by executive order, making Congress irrelevant.

The welfare-dependent Americans, unions and illegals have chosen for the rest of us the dark path of serfdom to big government and socialist utopia. Our children have bowed down to mediocrity. There are 11 states that now have more people on welfare than they do employed. They all have one thing in common: They all have Democrat governors and Democratic-controlled legislatures and, surprise surprise, the majority voted for Obama.

Most Americans have no intentions of making a better life for themselves and their families. They are intent on living on the taxpayers’ dime. Not all of us have yet bowed but you who relish feeding at the trough will never realize the freedom you gave away until the swill you now consume turns to gravel in your mouth.

George Wilder

Baker City

Donations to Christmas display will go to food bank

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who donated food or cash in response to our Christmas decorations at 1100 D St. The 50 pounds of canned food and all the cash will be donated to St. Francis Catholic Church food bank.